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I am glad to hear that you loved the Odin1 speaker cables. My experience with them was not as extended as yours but I am willing to concede that they are well made cables. We all know that cables are system dependent and any well made cables with a decent R&D should yield good to great results.
I started this thread to know if Nordost Odin or Valhalla's cables are worth the retail price. IMO, the answer is NO, simply because of the dealer mark-up and the marketing hype. They are indeed good cables, no doubt. However, I believe you can create the same magic as Odin or Valhalla for lot less.
The purpose of any well made cable is to simply to get out the way and let your components do the dance. If your components are good, you will hear good performance with any decent priced cable.
Most of us with a decent investment desires to extract every last ounce of goodness from their components. I think that where these highly touted reference cables comes to play. They ring up the top 10% of the nuances that some mid-priced cables simply incapable of conveying.
I did find a very 'special' brand of cables that I am currently auditioning in my home. Once I complete my evaluation, I will be happy to report my findings and how they stack against some very expensive and well known brand of cables.
Happy Listening!
I am glad to hear that you loved the Odin1 speaker cables. My experience with them was not as extended as yours but I am willing to concede that they are well made cables. We all know that cables are system dependent and any well made cables with a decent R&D should yield good to great results.
I started this thread to know if Nordost Odin or Valhalla's cables are worth the retail price. IMO, the answer is NO, simply because of the dealer mark-up and the marketing hype. They are indeed good cables, no doubt. However, I believe you can create the same magic as Odin or Valhalla for lot less.
The purpose of any well made cable is to simply to get out the way and let your components do the dance. If your components are good, you will hear good performance with any decent priced cable.
Most of us with a decent investment desires to extract every last ounce of goodness from their components. I think that where these highly touted reference cables comes to play. They ring up the top 10% of the nuances that some mid-priced cables simply incapable of conveying.
I did find a very 'special' brand of cables that I am currently auditioning in my home. Once I complete my evaluation, I will be happy to report my findings and how they stack against some very expensive and well known brand of cables.
Happy Listening!